Title 44, Revenue - Regulation of Activities

(1) An entertainment facility license may be issued to an entertainment facility selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to customers for consumption on the premises. An entertainment facility licensee shall have sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the li…

(1) A lodging facility license may be issued to a lodging facility that sells alcohol beverages by the drink only to customers for consumption on the licensed premises. A lodging facility's licensed premises does not include the facility's sleeping rooms. A lodging facility licen…

(1) An applicant shall pay the following license and permit fees to the department annually in advance: (a) For each resident and nonresident manufacturer's license, the fee shall be: (I) For each brewery, three hundred dollars; (II) For each winery, three hundred dollars; (III) …

(1) (a) All state license fees and taxes provided for by this article 3 and all fees provided for by section 44-3-501 (3) and (4) for processing applications, reports, and notices shall be paid to the department, which shall transmit the fees and taxes to the state treasurer. The…

(1) (a) An excise tax at the rate of 8.0 cents per gallon, or the same per unit volume tax applied to metric measure, on all malt liquors and hard cider, 7.33 cents per liter on all vinous liquors except hard cider, and 60.26 cents per liter on all spirituous liquors is imposed, …

(1) (a) The state of Colorado and the department shall have a lien, to secure the payment of the taxes, penalties, and interest imposed pursuant to section 44-3-503 upon all the assets and property of the wholesaler or manufacturer owing the tax, including the stock in trade, bus…

(1) The applicant shall pay the following license fees to the treasurer of the municipality, city and county, or county where the licensed premises is located annually in advance: (a) (I) For each retail liquor store license for premises located within any municipality or city an…

Each licensee shall keep a complete set of books of account, invoices, copies of orders, shipping instructions, bills of lading, weigh bills, correspondence, and all other records necessary to show fully the business transactions of such licensee, all of which shall be open at al…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this section shall be interpreted so that any common law cause of action against a vendor of alcohol beverages is abolished and that in certain cases the consumption of alcohol beverages rather than the sale, se…

Any person applying to the courts for a review of the state or any local licensing authority's decision shall apply for review within thirty days after the date of decision of refusal by a local licensing authority or, in the case of approval by a local licensing authority, withi…

(1) Except as provided in section 18-13-122, it is unlawful for any person: (a) To sell, serve, give away, dispose of, exchange, or deliver, or permit the sale, serving, giving, or procuring of, any alcohol beverage to a visibly intoxicated person or to a known habitual drunkard;…

(1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of this article 3 or article 4 or 5 of this title 44 or any of the rules authorized and adopted pursuant to such articles commits a civil infraction. (b) The pe…

(1) The inspectors of the liquor enforcement division and their supervisors, while actually engaged in performing their duties and while acting under proper orders or regulations, shall have and exercise all the powers vested in peace officers of this state. In the exercise of th…

(1) If any person makes an affidavit before the judge of any county or district court stating that he or she has reason to and does believe that alcohol beverages are being sold, bartered, exchanged, divided, or unlawfully given away, or kept for such purposes, or carried in viol…

(1) If any alcohol beverages are there found, said officer shall seize the same and the vessels in which they are contained and all implements and furniture used or kept in connection with such beverages in the illegal selling, bartering, exchanging, giving away, or carrying of s…

There shall be no property rights of any kind in any alcohol beverages, vessels, appliances, fixtures, bars, furniture, implements, wagons, automobiles, trucks, vehicles, contrivances, or any other things or devices used in or kept for the purpose of violating any of the provisio…

(1) A promotional association or attached licensed premises shall not: (a) Employ a person to serve alcohol beverages or provide security within the common consumption area unless the server has completed the server and seller training program established by the director of the l…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44 and subject to the approval of the state and local licensing authorities, a communal outdoor dining area may be shared by two or more persons licensed for on-premises consumption, including an…

The short title of this article 4 is the Colorado Beer and Wine Code. Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1067, � 2, effective October 1. Initiated 2022: Entire section amended, Proposition 125, effective March 1, 2023. See L. 2023, p…

(1) The general assembly hereby declares that it is in the public interest that fermented malt beverages and wine for consumption off the premises of the licensee, fermented malt beverages for consumption on the premises of the licensee, and fermented malt beverages for consumpti…

Definitions applicable to this article 4 also appear in article 3 of this title 44. As used in this article 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (a) Fermented malt beverage means malt liquors, when purchased by a fermented malt beverage retailer from a wholesaler license…

(1) The licenses to be granted and issued by the state licensing authority pursuant to this article 4 for the retail sale of fermented malt beverages or fermented malt beverages and wine are as follows: (a) and (b) Repealed. (c) (I) (A) A retailer's license shall be granted and i…

(1) (a) (I) The state licensing authority shall establish fees for processing the following types of applications, notices, or reports required to be submitted to the state licensing authority: (A) Applications for new fermented malt beverage and new fermented malt beverage and w…

(1) It is lawful for a person under eighteen years of age who is under the supervision of a person on the premises eighteen years of age or older to be employed in a place of business where fermented malt beverages or wine is sold at retail in containers for off-premises consumpt…

(1) The local licensing authority shall issue only the following classes of licenses: (a) (I) Sales of fermented malt beverages and wine for consumption off the premises of the licensee; (II) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued by the local and state lice…

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1072, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: Entire section repealed, (SB 19-011), ch. 1, p. 17, � 28, effective January 31. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 12-46-108 as it existed p…

(1) The state or local licensing authority, as defined in articles 3 and 4 of this title 44, may issue a special event permit for the sale, by the drink only, of fermented malt beverages, as defined in section 44-4-103, or the sale, by the drink only, of malt, spirituous, or vino…

(1) A special event permit issued under this article 5 may be issued to: (a) An organization, whether or not presently licensed under articles 3 and 4 of this title 44, that: (I) Has been incorporated under the laws of this state for purposes of a social, fraternal, patriotic, po…

(1) (a) A special event permit may be issued under this section notwithstanding the fact that the special event is to be held on premises licensed under the provisions of section 44-3-403, 44-3-404, 44-3-413 (3), 44-3-418, 44-3-419, or 44-3-424. The holder of a special event perm…

(1) Special event permit fees are: (a) Ten dollars per day for a malt beverage permit; (b) Twenty-five dollars per day for a malt, vinous, and spirituous liquor permit. (2) All fees are payable in advance to the department for applications for special event permits submitted to t…

(1) Each special event permit shall be issued for a specific location and is not valid for any other location. (2) A special event permit authorizes sale of the beverage or the liquors specified only during the following hours: (a) Between the hours of five a.m. of the day specif…

(1) The state or local licensing authority may deny the issuance of a special event permit upon the grounds that the issuance would be injurious to the public welfare because of the nature of the special event, its location within the community, or the failure of the applicant in…

(1) Applications for a special event permit shall be made with the appropriate local licensing authority on forms provided by the state licensing authority and shall be verified by oath or affirmation of an officer of the organization or of the political candidate making applicat…

An organization otherwise qualifying under section 44-5-102 shall be exempt from the provisions of this article 5 and shall be deemed to be dispensing gratuitously and not to be selling fermented malt beverages or malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors when it serves, by the drink, …

(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) The use of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products creates dangerous risks to the health of the people of the state of Colorado; (b) Studies have shown that most people who use cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products …

As used in this article 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product has the same meaning as provided in section 18-13-121 (5). (2) (a) Distributor means a person who sells or distributes cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine p…

(1) (a) (I) On or after July 1, 2021, a retailer doing business in this state shall not sell or offer for sale cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products in this state without first obtaining a state license as a retailer from the division. (II) A state license is valid f…

(1) The executive director shall promulgate rules that create an off-site event permit in order to authorize a state license holder to host an age-restricted tobacco festival hosted by the state license holder. (2) The rules required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section mus…

(1) (a) For a violation of section 44-7-103 (1), the penalty is as follows: (I) A fine in an amount of at least two hundred fifty dollars but not more than five hundred dollars for a first violation committed within a twenty-four-month period; (II) A fine in an amount of at least…

(1) Each licensee shall keep a complete set of all records necessary to show fully the business transactions of the licensee, all of which are open at all times during business hours for the inspection and examination by the state licensing authority or its duly authorized repres…

The short title of this article 10 is the Colorado Marijuana Code. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2824, � 5, effective January 1, 2020.

(1) The general assembly hereby declares that this article 10 is deemed an exercise of the police powers of the state for the protection of the economic and social welfare and the health, peace, and morals of the people of this state. (2) The general assembly further declares tha…

As used in this article 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Accelerator cultivator means a social equity licensee qualified to participate in the accelerator program established pursuant to this article 10 and authorized pursuant to rule to exercise the privileges of a…

(1) (a) A county, city and county, or municipality may adopt and enforce a resolution or ordinance licensing, regulating, or prohibiting the cultivation or sale of medical marijuana. In a county, city and county, or municipality where such an ordinance or resolution has been adop…

An employee of a licensee is not an agricultural worker unless the employee is a laborer at a farm, plantation, ranch, nursery, range, greenhouse, orchard, or other structure used for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, as long as the structure is utilized f…

If the national labor relations board or a court rules that marijuana or marijuana-related businesses are not covered by the federal National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq., then a marijuana business or marijuana-related business and its employees doing business …

Decisions by the state licensing authority are subject to judicial review pursuant to section 24-4-106. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2932, � 5, effective January 1, 2020. Editor's note: This section is similar to former �� 44-12…

As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Approved training program means a responsible medical or retail marijuana vendor server and seller training program described in section 44-10-1201 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377…

(1) A person who wants to offer a responsible medical or retail marijuana vendor server and seller training program must submit an application to the state licensing authority for approval. The state licensing authority, in consultation with the department of public health and en…

(1) (a) A person or an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this article 10 may receive a responsible vendor designation. A program vendor shall provide a person or an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this …